Sec. 2. Victims of serious labor and employment violations or crime
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Section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U) ) is amended— in clause (i)— by amending subclause
(I)to read as follows: the alien— has suffered substantial abuse or harm as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity described in clause (iii); has suffered substantial abuse or harm related to a violation described in clause (iv); is a victim of criminal activity described in clause
(iii)and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal; or has suffered a violation described in clause
(iv)and would suffer extreme hardship upon removal; ; in subclause (II), by inserting , or a labor or employment violation resulting in a workplace claim described in clause
(iv)before the semicolon at the end; in subclause (III)— by striking or State judge, to the Service and inserting , State, or local judge, to the Department of Homeland Security, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to the Department of Labor, to the National Labor Relations Board ; and by inserting , or investigating, prosecuting, or seeking civil remedies for a labor or employment violation related to a workplace claim described in clause
(iv)before the semicolon at the end; and in subclause (IV)— by inserting
(aa)after
(IV); and by adding at the end the following: “or a workplace claim described in clause
(iv)resulted from a labor or employment violation; ; in clause (ii)(II), by striking and at the end; in clause (iii), by striking or at the end and inserting and ; and by adding at the end the following: in the labor or employment violation related to a workplace claim, the alien— has filed, is a material witness in, or is likely to be helpful in the investigation of, a bona fide workplace claim (as defined in section 274A(e)(10)(C)(iii)(II)); and reasonably fears, has been threatened with, or has been the victim of, an action involving force, physical restraint, retaliation, or abuse of the immigration or other legal process against the alien or another person by the employer in relation to acts underlying the workplace claim or related to the filing of the workplace claim; or . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may permit an alien to temporarily remain in the United States and grant the alien employment authorization if the Secretary determines that the alien— has filed for relief under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U) ); or has filed, or is a material witness to, a bona fide workplace claim (as defined in section 274A(e)(10)(B)(iii)(II) of such Act, as added by section 3(b)); and has been helpful, is being helpful, or is likely to be helpful to— a Federal, State, or local law enforcement official; a Federal, State, or local prosecutor; a Federal, State, or local judge; the Department of Homeland Security; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the Department of Labor; the National Labor Relations Board; or other Federal, State, or local authorities investigating, prosecuting, or seeking civil remedies related to the workplace claim. Section 214(p) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184(p) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting or investigating, prosecuting, or seeking civil remedies for workplace claims described in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iv) after section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) each place such term appears; in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 10,000 and inserting 30,000 ; and in paragraph (6)— by inserting or workplace claims described in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iv) after described in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) ; and by inserting or workplace claim after prosecution of such criminal activity . Section 245(m)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255(m)(1) ) is amended by inserting or an investigation or prosecution regarding a workplace claim after prosecution . Section 384(a)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1367(a)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (E), by striking physical or mental abuse and the criminal activity and inserting abuse and the criminal activity or workplace claim ; in subparagraph (F), by adding or at the end; and by inserting after subparagraph
(F)the following: the alien’s employer, .
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